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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 2</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//2_chronicles/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/2_chronicles/">2 Chronicles</a> > 2 Chronicles 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/1.htm" title="2 Chronicles 1">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 2 <a href="../2_chronicles/3.htm" title="2 Chronicles 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/2.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/2.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/2.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/2.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/2.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/2.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/2.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Preparations for the Temple<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_kings/5.htm">1 Kings 5:1–6</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Solomon sent word to Hiram<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> king of Tyre: <p class="tab1stline">“Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever. <A name="6"></a><p class="tab1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him? <A name="8"></a><p class="tab1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided. <A name="9"></a><p class="tab1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Send me also cedar, cypress,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> and algum<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> 20,000 cors of barley,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> 20,000 baths of wine,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> and 20,000 baths of olive oil.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span>” <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">Hiram’s Reply to Solomon<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_kings/5.htm#7">1 Kings 5:7–12</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: <p class="tab1stline">“Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.” <A name="13"></a><p class="tab1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Hiram added: <p class="tab1stline">“Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself. <A name="14"></a><p class="tab1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David. <A name="16"></a><p class="tab1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he promised. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.” <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>Huram</i><span class="thin"> </span>, a variant of <i>Hiram</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verses 11 and 12<br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>pine</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>juniper</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>fir</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <i>Algum</i><span class="thin"> </span> is probably a variant of <i>almug</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../1_kings/10.htm#11">1 Kings 10:11</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <i>20,000 cors</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 124,800 bushels or 4.4 million liters (probably about 3,800 tons or 3,400 metric tons of wheat).<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <i>20,000 cors</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 124,800 bushels or 4.4 million liters (probably about 2,910 tons or 2,700 metric tons of barley).<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <i>20,000 baths</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 116,000 gallons or 440,000 liters of wine.<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Or <i>20,000 baths of oil</i><span class="thin"> </span>; that is, approximately 116,000 gallons or 440,000 liters<br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> Or <i>understanding</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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